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Installing windows but I can't boot the cd

gerryf

Posted 22 June 2006 - 09:30 PM

gerryf

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you can do it several ways, but the easiest way given where you are at the moment, I think, would be to drop the new drive as is into a second computer, copy the i386 folder from the xp cd's to the new drive

Drop the drive back into the other machine and boot with your floppy.

change directory to i386 (cd i386)

run the windows setup

c:\i386>winnt.exe
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my poor computer

Posted 23 June 2006 - 11:42 PM

my poor computer

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